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History
GS Nanotech has increased its production capacity, mastered world-class packaging technology, tested the first domestically produced compound, and entered the automotive market.
The First Cardboard Factory organized a closed-loop production cycle.
Mega Service, a full-cycle enterprise providing maintenance and recycling services for electronic equipment, was added to the registry of recyclers.
On the occasion of the GS Group’s 34th anniversary, the holding company opened the exhibition “Alferov’s Legacy.” Visitors were able to view unique photographs from various periods of the scientist’s life, including some from his personal archive.
The 12th GS Group mathematics competition “I am solving math” for schoolchildren from non-capital cities of Russia has started.
The holding company conducted 38 career guidance and introductory tours, reaffirming its status as one of the most visited industrial sites in the region.
The 6th GS Group Cup Triathlon Championship concluded at Technopolis GS, bringing together more than 1,500 people from various cities across Russia.
In collaboration with the Zh. I. Alferov National Research Academic University, the “Spring School” and the “Alferov School for Young Scientists” were held. Sixty-five young scientists and students participated in federal educational projects.
The most significant event of this year was the launch of a new direction - serial production of computing equipment based on the ODM model - in May 2024. The expertise accumulated in the electronics and microelectronics markets has enabled GS Group to offer a turnkey service - from the development of design documentation and the selection of components to the assembly of printed circuit boards and installation of software.
In 2024, the holding celebrated its 33rd anniversary, and several large-scale projects were implemented in honour of this significant date..
• March 29 – a meeting of graduates of the GS Group's international competition for talented mathematicians from non-capital cities,‘"I Am Solving Maths!’, in honour of the competition's tenth anniversary;
• April 12 – on the holding's birthday and in honour of Cosmonautics Day – the opening of the photo exhibition “‘Gagarin in Leningrad“’, organised jointly with the Central State Archive of Film, Photo and Audio Documents of St. Petersburg;
• April 25 – planting of birch saplings and pine seedlings to restore the forest fund of the Mikhailovskoye Museum-Reserve by employees of GS Group and the SHELON timber industry complex;
• August 4 – Technopolis GS hosted the 5th Open Triathlon Championship for the GS Group Cup, which brought together more than 500 people from all over the Kaliningrad region in Gusev and set a record for the number of fans and participants;
• August 17– the Immortal Regiment of the Russian Imperial Army campaign was held at the WWI military burial site in the village of Loshchinka, Gusevsky City District.
• August 24 – a solemn presentation of the book The WWI. North-Western Front" was held at the Technopolis GS memorial park with the participation of Alexei Besprozvannykh, Acting Governor of the Kaliningrad region. The publication of the book is timed to coincide with the 110th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Gumbinnen.
By the end of 2023, the Mega Service consumer electronics recycling plant had processed more than 7.6 million units of equipment that had reached the end of their service life.
In August 2023, GS Group launched the production of the first Russian multimedia centre for the home, Seliger, at the Digital Television Systems enterprise (part of the Technopolis GS innovation cluster). The media hub allows users to watch television via satellite, the internet or over the air. It provides independent viewing on up to five devices, recording and playback of content at a convenient time, the ability to connect external hard drives, and support for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 3.0. Seliger is also equipped 1 TB of built-in memory.
In February 2022, GS Group, in partnership with SberDevices (part of the Sberbank Group), began the production of SberBox TV media players.
In May 2022, under the patronage of the Governor of the Kaliningrad Region, GS Group launched the All-Russian competition for entrepreneurial initiatives, ‘Energy of Ideas’.
In its 30th anniversary year, GS Group implemented several groundbreaking industry projects.
In 2019, Russia completed a major project of the transition of terrestrial television broadcasting to the DVB-T2 digital format.
In November 2019, GS Labs, a centre for research and development of software products and consumer electronics, organised the first All-Russian competition for young developers, ‘Programming the Future’.
Technopolis GS has launched the mass production of the first Russian SSD drives.
GS Group is starting to work with the country's largest technical universities. The Ministry of Education and Science is backing this initiative.
GS Group presented Russia's first TV set-top box with the support of ultra-high-definition television (Ultra HD, 4K) - GS A230.
From 2016 to 2018, the entire fleet of TV set-top boxes was converted from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 for Russia's largest TV operator, Trikolor TV. In early 2016, the holding company also launched the production of receiving equipment using the new signal compression standard - HEVC/H.265..
GS Group continues to actively develop educational programmes in engineering and technical sciences at the Technopolis GS innovation cluster.
In January 2015, the holding company united its digital television software development and implementation divisions under the GS Labs brand.
On April 11, 2015, a delegation of scientists from the Skolkovo Foundation's Scientific Advisory Board, led by Nobel Prize winner in Physics, Vice-President and Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Zhores Alferov, visited the private innovation cluster Technopolis GS.
In 2015, the GS Group holding company opened a plant in the Tula Region for recycling end-of-life electronics. The processing procedure used at the plant minimises the amount of waste destined for disposal. Currently, more than 90% of the raw materials received are recycled.
GS Group is a leader in the Russian electronics and telecommunications industries. The holding's enterprises have established mass production of the first Russian microchip using SiP technology - SiP Amber S2.
On August 24 2014, a solemn ceremony was held at Technopolis GS (Gusev, Kaliningrad Region) to mark the opening of a memorial park commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of the WWI.
The General Satellite Corporation announced the creation of an investment and industrial holding company and underwent rebranding. All identified areas of focus were brought together under the new GS Group brand name.
In 2012, the company successfully applied its expertise in foreign markets.
The projects ensured the export of Russian TV technologies to foreign markets and captured a significant share of the pay TV market in the respective countries.
The first international GS Summit was held, dedicated to various issues related to the digitalisation of television and radio broadcasting worldwide.
At the same time, the GS Venture corporate venture fund was established to attract and support start-ups in relevant technology areas.
A digital TV receiver based on a Russian in-house microprocessor developed was released.
Technopolis GS became an international discussion platform in the field of microelectronics production (Si-Forum).
The company's scientific and technological potential is constantly growing.
The technical partners for the broadcast were the leading European satellite operator Eutelsat, the global leader in digital multimedia technologies, Samsung Electronics, and Platform HD, a Russian pay-TV operator in high-definition (HDTV) format.
In 2009, the company launched Mega-Service, a service provider for the maintenance and repair of digital satellite, cable and terrestrial customer-premises equipment.
On 30 May, General Satellite announced the launch of a new investment project - the construction of the first private innovation cluster, Technopolis GS, in the Kaliningrad region.
The company's specialists in quality improvement have received widespread recognition for their ongoing efforts, including numerous international awards. The first of these awards was presented at the CSTB exhibition in Moscow.
Furthermore, the Corporation has become the primary technology contractor and integrator for Tricolor TV, Russia's largest digital satellite television operator.
The company's engineering division has developed the first decoders for television, featuring proprietary software that allows users to view satellite, terrestrial, and cable television programs.
The company has consistently pursued its strategy of developing knowledge-intensive areas by establishing engineering as a distinct division.
A federal chain of retail stores and a service network has emerged.
Strategic decisions regarding the corporation's future are being made, with a focus on science-intensive areas. The company has been selected as the exclusive supplier of subscriber equipment for Russia's first satellite broadcasting project, NTV-Plus. The top management of the General Satellite Corporation spearheaded this initiative.
The company is evolving into a federal player of the telecommunications market. As a leading Russian integrator of broadcasting projects, it is opening branches in some of the largest cities in Russia.
Due to effective marketing strategies in both domestic and international markets, the company has established itself as a leading supplier of a comprehensive range of equipment for television companies in Eastern Europe. It has also become a major integrator operating under the new brand name General Satellite Corporation.
In 1991, in St. Petersburg, Andrey Tkachenko together with a group of partners founded a company for the sale and service of satellite TV reception systems for the emerging satellite television market in Eastern Europe. On April 12 of the same year, the first satellite dish was installed.